Cancer Research UK 4 year PhD Studentships (or 1 year MPhil + 3 year PhD), commencing October 2020
Two PhD studentships are available which are funded through the £4.3 million CRUK Catalyst Award: “CanGene-CanVar: Data Resources, Clinical and Educational Tools to leverage Cancer Susceptibility Genetics for Prevention and Early Detection of Cancer”, which runs 2019-2024. This large programme, based at the University of Cambridge, is designed to deliver research and resources that will improve how we deliver national NHS testing for cancer susceptibility genes such as BRCA1, BRCA2 and genes for Lynch Syndrome. This is a collaborative program of work that involves seven Higher Education Institutes (Cambridge, Institute of Cancer Research, Southampton, Manchester, Leeds, Oxford and St George’s University London) as well as Public Health England (Health Data Insight) and senior members of NHS England and Health Education England.The PhD studentships will be hosted at the Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, under the joint supervision of Professors Antonis Antoniou and Paul Pharoah, and will work closely with Dr Marc Tischkowitz (Department of Medical Genetics) and other CanGene-CanVar collaboratorsApplications are now closed
CRUK International Alliance for Cancer Early Detection (ACED) MPhil and PhD Studentships, commencing October 2020
The Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Early Detection Programme is a multidisciplinary research initiative whose mission is to increase survival from cancer and improve quality of life through early detection and intervention. The Programme, based at the University of Cambridge, is a partner in the Cancer Research UK International Alliance for Cancer Early Detection (ACED); a unique, science-led £40M investment that will create new trans-atlantic collaborations and ideas that will transform the field.To support this work in Cambridge, ACED funding for three fully funded PhD studentships is available for non-clinical PhD students to be hosted at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care (DPHPC) https://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/, the Department of Social Anthropology https://www.socanth.cam.ac.uk/, or the Department of History and Philosophy of Science https://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/.For further information and how to apply please go to the jobs section on the University web site.Applications are now closed
